Sumi-e style woodblock print by Kawamura Bumpo, being a page from a previously bound book. Dated by Gallery Kobutoya to Bunka 10, to correspond with the year 1813, but year uncertain. Attributed to the publisher Eirakuya Toshiro of Nagoya, Japan but attribution uncertain. Depicted are two old men, one propped up by a younger person, the second old man apparently having had too much sake to drink, with a jug lying askew on the ground nearby. There is a touch of whimsy to the depictions. Black ink with blue-gray wash on beige mulberry [?] paper, tipped in to a cinnamon-colored back sheet and thence to a tissue paper mat, not laid down. Image: 21 x 15 cm., 8.25 x 5.75 inches; mat: 30.5 x 21 cm., 12 x 8.25 inches. Uniformly clean, with moderate age-fading. A very good impression, with unbroken lines. Overall Very Good condition. Weight: 0.2 oz. Kawamura Bumpo, sometimes rendered as Bunpo, [1779-1821], was a master of the Shijo school. He was born in Yamashiro Province, in modern day Kyoto Prefecture. The artist was known for his quotidian scenes of ordinary life and work as well as for his landscapes. Fellow artist Tanomura Chikuden once praised Bumpo?s fluid lines and ability to draw human figures, while his landscape paintings are known for their use of heavy brush strokes and thick contours. This print possibly from one of the various albums, Bumpo Gafu [An Album of Drawings by Bumpo]. This print sold at one time by Gallery Kabutoya in San Francisco, now out of business. Suitable for framing. Seller Inventory # 008204

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Title: Portrait by Bumpo

Publisher: Eirakuya Toshiro, Nagoya, Japan

Publication Date: 1813

Binding: No Binding

Illustrator: Kawamura Bumpo

Condition: Very Good

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